“I am absolutely Republican, and absolutely pro-business,” stated State Senator Janice Bowling of Tennessee’s 16th District. “Yet if we don’t get high-speed…
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POTUS gives public broadband huge lift. Game on
If you are totally fed up with your internet service provider, frustrated with high prices and lousy customer service and have lost all…
Read More2015 New Year’s resolution: Remove public broadband handcuffs
Encouraged by Google and inspired by Kansas City and Chattanooga, there’s an almost daily parade of communities announcing plans to explore or…
Read MoreIt’s showtime in fight against state barriers to public broadband
One of the obstacles to more communities getting faster, better broadband is the collection of 20 states with legal restrictions on public-owned…
Read MoreSacramento’s Hacker Lab calls AT&T’s gigabit bluff
Hacker Lab, together with its partner Consolidated Communications, proved that communities needn’t fear the wrath of giant incumbents or grovel in hopes of receiving their broadband largess.…
Read MoreSuccess in public-owned broadband: It’s about Main St., not Wall St.
Public network failures are greatly exaggerated by critics who misinterpret what exactly community broadband success is.…
Read MoreIf state barriers to broadband drop, what happens next?
Laws that prevent cities from operating their own broadband networks have a long history -- but things are changing.…
Read MoreSimplicity, innovation and the death of anti-muni network laws
State laws that hinder efforts to build municipal broadband networks can be repealed or dismantled, and showing startups using gigabit networks and the promise of economic development is a good place to start.…
Read MoreStates, stand down! Let community broadband innovate.
The effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities to build their own networks.…
Read MoreMr. Wheeler, tear down these walls: The economic case for removing barriers to muni broadband
The FCC has been gently pushing for the end of state laws that make it difficult to build out municipal broadband networks. It should push harder.…
Read MoreThe killer gigabit app? It’s not what you think.
ISPs and naysayers will argue the consumers and businesses don't yet need gigabit broadband because there's nothing people can do with it yet. But that's not the point. The speed is the app.…
Read MoreCan telemedicine help communities justify better broadband?
Telemedicine can encompass everything from robotic surgery to remote consultations with far-away doctors. But telemedicine needs super fast broadband, so communities are trying to provide it as a way to improve their economic health.…
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